Despite Arson, Horse Slaughterhouse Says It Will Open On ScheduleAn Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

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Despite an arson that damaged five air compressors “beyond repair” last
week, an upcoming New Mexico horse slaughterhouse now says it will open on
schedule. The company had previously stated the arson would “delay” Monday’s
opening.

Refrigeration units at the Valley Meat Co. in Roswell., N.M., lit up in
flames on Tuesday, in what was speculated to be an arson by animal rights
activists. Neither the Animal Liberation Front nor other group has yet taken
responsibility.

The plant was to be the first horse slaughterhouse in the nation, after
changes at the USDA closed the last remaining three in 2007.

The slaughterhouse has been under tremendous pressure since announcing it
would be first in the country to open after the Obama administration
recently allowed horse slaughter in the US to resume. The plant faces a
federal lawsuit from the Humane Society of the United States and other
plaintiffs.

This slaughterhouse was also put on the map in March, when one of its
workers shot a horse in the head on camera, and said, “All you animal
activists, fuck you.”

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